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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember hustling pick up and drop off logistics with DH during our kids early years. Both of us had inflexible jobs. Very stressful and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

We are supposed to evolve. Just because I did it 15 years ago doesn’t mean today’s generation should have to as well. Why are Americans so infatuated with punishment?[/quote]

Once again, no one is.  It’s the whining and the hysterics of it all.

If we could wave our magic wand, we’d keep at least regular telework, if not full telework.  But it’s not happening and a lot of people here are saying it’s impossible to figure out childcare.  That their lives are being turned upside down.  It’s perspective that is missing.

My kids were in full time daycare, and then before and after care, and yeah it’s expensive.  And there are wait lists.  BTDT.  The hours with a commute are tough too, so I found a daycare that was closer to my office so we could manage the daycare’s hours.  I have a long commute and getting my toddler out of bed at 6:30am was hard.

We staggered our tours of duty, we used a lot of leave, we hired high schooler to shuttle one kid to her sport when we weren’t home in time to get her there.  We had zero telework then.

I don’t begrudge anyone who doesn’t have to do that.  But reality is this is what’s happening now.  [/quote]

[b]Some of us don’t even know where our office will be so it’s hard to pick a daycare that aligns with commute. Not to mention people normally get on daycare waitlists while they’re still pregnant. [/b][/quote]

I'm confused. Have you been working from home full-time with a daycare aged child? Because that's not allowed. Everyone I know that teleworks but has an infant or toddler has someone caring for them during the day.[/quote]

You trolls have been warned.[/quote]

Nope, not a troll - anyone that is stressed out about having to find DAYCARE right now is in the wrong and they know it. I absolutely understand the people stressing about before and after care. It's impossible to find elementary-aged before and after care, the waitlists are long, but someone who has a child under the age of 5 who is looking for DAYCARE should have had their child in daycare this whole time. WTF?[/quote]

The daycare post was in reference to commute time and the new work location: "a daycare that aligns with commute" when you don't know where you'll be reporting. Read. [/quote]

I’m the PP who mentioned daycare and not knowing office location. My kids are school aged and I have a WAH spouse so we’ll be fine if we stagger hours, it will just be less time with my family despite the fact I chose this as a telework-friendly job 12 years ago but I digress.

I was simply replying to the person above me who mentioned how they found daycare and figured everything out. And I was pointing out reasons it may not be so easy to find daycare quickly.

I wasn’t implying that anyone is working without daycare. But you have no idea if someone’s daycare doesn’t stay open late enough to accommodate a long commute (I’ve had friends tell me about childcare hours being shortened). Some people on here have been swearing the market will adapt and they’ll stay open later again, so we’ll see.

Or perhaps the daycare they’re using would no longer be convenient if their office location is now changing compared to where they went into an office pre-COVID.

There are so many variables, and childcare plus dual spouse career choices is usually a logic puzzle to begin with. So no, I’m not saying anyone is working without daycare. Just that we aren’t simply going back to pre-COVID life and that childcare isn’t always easy to coordinate with short notice.[/quote]

There was not enough child care before covid, let alone after.  The market cannot adapt as they don't have enough workers.[/quote]

Are you kidding me ?? There is more than enought childcare in the DMV. You just haven't tried. 
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